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Electronic Services
Choose a subject below to find a list of useful databases and web links.
Many of the resources are available from any Internet workstation.
Some will require you to enter your Portsmouth Public Library card number.
Business and Finance
- ReferenceUSA directory of 12 million U. S. businesses and 120 million U. S. households
- BusinessSource Elite indexing and full text articles from 1,000 business journals as far back as 1985
- Mergent Online detailed information on 15,000 public companies, industry data, SEC and company reports
- Value Line [in library only] online version of the weekly stock information and analysis service
- CorpTech information about 40,000 high-tech firms, including biotechnology, computer software, and energy companies
- Consumer Price Index cost of living information, nationally and regionally and by category
- Foundation Center [in library only] information on 20,000 grant-giving organizations
Newspapers and Magazines
- EBSCOhost a family of indexes to help find articles in general interest magazines, business journals, consumer health publications, and newspapers
- InfoTrac indexing for more than 20 million magazine and newspaper articles, updated daily
- Union Leader [via NewsBank] access to local and regional news articles back to 1989
- Union Leader homepage of New Hampshire's statewide newspaper
- Portsmouth Herald homepage of the local newspaper
- Foster's Daily Democrat homepage of the Dover newspaper
- Boston Globe homepage of the leading regional newspaper
Health
- HealthSource-Consumer Edition full text of nearly 200 health-related journals and newsletters
- Portsmouth Regional Hospital access to healthcare websites using the links in the library section
- MedlinePlus consumer health information from the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health
Genealogy
- HeritageQuest Onlinea premier genealogy resource, is now available both in the Library and remotely.
- Ancestry -- Library Edition [in library only] a genealogical database.
General Reference
Law and Government
Education
Libraries
- UNH Library access to the UNH library catalog
- N. H. State Library access to the catalog, databases, and web selections at the State Library
- NHU-PAC the union catalog for N. H., listing books in libraries throughout the state
- Library of Congress access to the online collections and catalog of LC
Home and Auto
- Cars.com car prices and reviews, repair and care advice
- Edmunds new and used car prices, car reviews, safety information
- Mitchell Online [in library only] repair manuals, including wiring diagrams, for automobiles from 1974 to now
- Consumer.gov consumer information from many federal agencies, including the Do Not Call Registry
- Consumer Product Safety information about unsafe and recalled products
Advice for Readers
- NoveList help in choosing fiction, by author, genre, setting, story, and more
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